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About Brantford
Brantford is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County but remains politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independent of the county's municipal government.
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Bell Homestead National Historic Site
Located in Eagle Place, the Bell Homestead National Historic Site served as the first North American home for Professor Alexander Melville Bell and his family. It is where Alexander Graham Bell conducted his earliest experiments on the continent and later invented the telephone in July 1874.
The site is also known by the name of its principal structure, Melville House.
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43 places · Where to eat, from neighborhood staples to standout kitchens.
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Bell Homestead National Historic Site
Located in Eagle Place, the Bell Homestead National Historic Site served as the first North American home for Professor Alexander Melville Bell and his family. It is where Alexander Graham Bell conducted his earliest experiments on the continent and later invented the telephone in July 1874.
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